Rick Hansen 25th Anniversary Relay Contest
Official Rules and Regulations
This Promotion is intended for viewing and participation by
legal residents of Canada only and will be subject to and construed
in accordance with the laws of British Columbia and the federal
laws of Canada applicable therein. Only those having reached the
age of 13 years at time of entry are eligible to enter. Entry into
this Contest constitutes your acceptance of these Official Rules
and Regulations. Any Entrant under the applicable provincial age of
majority at the time of entry requires parental/legal guardian
approval to enter the Contest.
1) Eligibility: The "Rick Hansen 25th
Anniversary Relay Contest" ("the Contest") is free to enter and
open to legal residents of Canada who are 13 years of age or older
at time of entry and are physically present in Canada, except
employees (or those with whom they are domiciled) of the Rick
Hansen Foundation- 300-3820 Cessna Drive Richmond, BC V7B 0A2 (the
"Sponsor"), FCV Technologies Ltd.- 1100-333 Seymour Street,
Vancouver, BC V6B 5A6 (the "Administrator") and Consumer-Response
Marketing Ltd.- 16-19272 96th Ave, Surrey, BC V4N 4C1 (the "Judging
Organization").
2) Agreement to Official Rules: By
participating in the Contest, each entrant fully and
unconditionally agrees to and accepts these Official Rules and the
decisions of the Sponsor, the Administrator, and/or Judging
Organization which decisions are final and binding in all matters
related to the Contest. Whether a selected entrant receives a prize
is contingent upon such entrant fulfilling all requirements set
forth herein.
3) Contest Regions: There are four separate
Contest regions across Canada consisting of (a) Atlantic/Quebec
Region (Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New
Brunswick, and Quebec) (b) Ontario Region, (c) Prairie Region
(Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta) and (d) British Columbia
Region.
4) Contest Periods: The overall Contest opens
April 5, 2011 at 12:01:00 Pacific Time ("PT"). The Contest closes
for Atlantic/ Quebec Region at 23:59 (PT) on June 1, 2011; for
Ontario Region at 23:59 (PT) on August 3, 2011; for Prairie Region
at 23:59 (PT) on October 26, 2011; and for BC Region at 23:59 (PT)
on December 28, 2011. The Administrator's computer is the official
time-keeping device for the Contest.
5) How to Enter: NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. To
participate in the Contest visit www.rickhansenrelay.com and click on the link "A
Chance to Join the Relay". Follow the prompts and provide all
required information. Each entrant must select the community where
he/she prefers to participate in the Rick Hansen 25th Anniversary
Relay (the "Relay"). The entrant has the sole option of sharing
his/her story of how they have made a difference in their community
through determination, courage, leadership or teamwork. There is
also the option of selecting a category from a drop-down menu on
how he/she is making a difference. Exercising either of these
options over the other will not increase the chance of winning a
prize. The exact number of openings for the relay in any particular
community will be determined by the Sponsor in its sole and
exclusive discretion and the Sponsor reserves the right to award a
position in the relay to an entrant in a community within such
entrant's region other than the community which the entrant
identified as their preferred community at the time of entry.
Persons under the age of 13 years may not enter the Contest.
Persons under the applicable provincial age of majority at the time
of entry will be required to confirm that they have obtained their
parent or legal guardian's consent to their entry, and provide the
name and email address of their parent or legal guardian, to
proceed with the entry process. Persons under the age of majority
in their Province of residence at the time of entry will require
parental/legal guardian permission prior to being awarded a prize
in the Contest. Upon successful completion of the entry process
entrants will receive a message thanking them for their entry and
providing additional information regarding the Contest.
LIMIT one entry per person and per email address. Multiple
entrants may not enter from the same email address. Any attempt by
any entrant to obtain more than one entry by using
multiple/different email addresses, identities, registrations, and
logins, or any other methods will void that entrant's entries and
that entrant may be disqualified. Use of any automated system to
participate is prohibited and will result in disqualification.
Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, invalid,
unintelligible or misdirected registrations, which may be
disqualified. In the event of a dispute as to any registration or
play, the authorized account holder of the email address used to
enter will be deemed to be the entrant. The "authorized account
holder" is the natural person assigned an email address by an
Internet access provider, online service provider or other
organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the
domain associated with the submitted address. Potential winners may
be required to show proof of being the authorized account
holder.
6) Prizes: There are 2500 (two thousand five
hundred) prizes available to be won in the Contest, with a regional
allocation of 750 prizes for Atlantic/Quebec Region, 500 prizes for
the Ontario region, 750 prizes for the Prairie Region and 500
prizes for the BC Region. Each prize consists of the opportunity to
be a participant in the Rick Hansen 25th Anniversary Relay in a
selected Canadian community on a specific date and time assigned by
the Sponsor in its sole discretion. The opportunity to participate
is priceless; no retail value can be assigned. Prize also includes
a Rick Hansen 25th Anniversary Relay Medal manufactured by the
Royal Canadian Mint and a Relay Track Suit which together have an
approximate retail value of $122.00 CDN.
Each winner and parent or legal guardian (if applicable) are
responsible for their own transportation to and from the relay
event and any and all other costs associated with participation.
Prizes are non-transferable and no substitution will be made unless
the Sponsor, in its sole discretion, determines otherwise. The
prize must be accepted as awarded and the odds of winning are
dependent upon the total number of eligible entries received for
each region during that Contest Period. The prize will be
awarded on the day and place of winner's relay participation.
If, for any reason the prize winner is unable to participate in the
relay on the prearranged date and time the prize will be forfeited
and the Sponsor may randomly select another entrant to receive such
forfeited prize.
7) Prize Draw: A random draw will be held at or
around 10:00 AM Pacific Time on the day following each region's
closing date (as set out in Rule 4) from all eligible entries
received for that region to choose that region's winning entrants.
Selected entrants will be notified by way of email notice sent to
the email address provided by the entrant at the time of entry. If
any selected entrant does not respond to the Judging Organization's
email within 3 days of it being sent, another selected entrant will
be randomly selected for the same prize.
8) To Redeem Prize: Before being declared a
winner, each selected entrant must correctly answer unaided, a
time-limited mathematical skill-testing question administered by
email (as outlined in Rule 7) and must also complete and return the
attached emailed Prize Compliance and Waiver of Publicity/Liability
forms within 3 days of such forms being sent to the selected
entrant. If the selected entrant fails to respond to the email
within the 3 days they will automatically be disqualified and
another selected entrant will be randomly selected for the same
prize.
If a selected entrant is unwilling or unable to comply in full
with these rules (including being unavailable to participate in the
Relay in the community on the date and time designated by the
Sponsor), the prize will be forfeited and another entrant will be
selected to receive such forfeited prize. If a selected entrant is
under the age of majority in their province of residence at the
time of entry, a parent or legal guardian will be required to sign
the forms.
In signing the Prize Compliance and Waiver of
Publicity/Liability forms the selected entrant is (i) confirming
compliance with these Contest Rules, (ii) confirming acceptance of
the prize as awarded and willingness to conform to such rules and
regulations governing participation in the Rick Hansen 25th
Anniversary Relay, including standards of physical capability
appropriate to the Relay participation, and the comportment of
participants, (iii) releasing the Sponsor, their advertising and
promotion agencies, the Judging Organization and each of their
respective officers, directors, agents, representatives,
volunteers, successors and assigns (collectively, the "Released
Parties") from any liability in connection with this Contest, the
entrant's participation therein and/or the awarding and use of the
prize or any portion thereof including, but limited to personal
injury, death, or damage to or loss of property; and consenting to
the use of his/her name, city or province/territory and/or
photograph, the right to use the submitted essay (where
applicable), without further authorization, communication or
compensation, in any publicity or advertisement carried out by the
Sponsor, or its affiliates or assigns in any manner whatsoever,
including print, broadcast or the Internet.
9) General Conditions: All entries submitted
become the property of the Sponsor, Administrator, and Judging
Organization. The Sponsor reserves the right, subject to the
approval of the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux, to
cancel, suspend and/or modify the Contest, or any part of it, if
any fraud, technical failures or any other factor beyond the
Sponsor's reasonable control impairs the integrity or proper
functioning of the Contest, as determined by Sponsor in its sole
discretion.
The Sponsor has the right to verify an entrant's eligibility and
compliance with these Contest Rules, and to disqualify, in the
Sponsor's sole discretion, an entrant on the basis of its
investigation in that regard.
Entrants may not enter this Contest with multiple e-mail and/or
street addresses, nor may entrants use any other device or artifice
to submit more than one (1) entry per email address. If an entrant
uses fraudulent entry methods, or otherwise attempts to participate
with multiple e-mail and/or street addresses under multiple
identities, or use any device or artifice to enter more than one
(1) entry, such entrants will be disqualified.
10) Liability Provisions: The Sponsor, the
Administrator, and the Judging Organization are not responsible for
human error, theft, destruction, or damage to your entry, or other
factors beyond its reasonable control. Entrants assume all
risk of damaged, lost, late, incomplete, invalid, incorrect or
misdirected entries. The Sponsor makes no warranty, representation
or guarantee, express or implied, in connection with its ability to
in any way enable, develop or market the idea set forth in these
Contest Rules, any associated promotional materials or the entry
form(s) completed by contest entrants.
The Sponsor shall not be liable to a winner or any other person
for failure to supply the Prize or any part thereof, by reason of
the Prize becoming for reasons beyond the reasonable control of the
Sponsor unavailable or impracticable to award, or for any force
majeure event, technical or equipment failure, terrorist acts,
labor disputes, or act/omission of any kind (whether legal or
illegal), transportation interruption, civil disturbance, or any
other cause similar or dissimilar beyond the Sponsors' control.
The Sponsor, the Administrator, and the Judging Organization and
their respective employees, volunteers, officers, directors,
agents, contractors, representatives, affiliates, divisions,
subsidiaries, resellers, dealers, distributors, and
advertising/promotion agencies (collectively the "Released
Parties") shall not assume any responsibility whatsoever for any of
the following: delayed, failed, partial or garbled computer
transmissions; technical failures of any kind, including, but not
limited to, lost, interrupted or unavailable network, server,
Internet Service Provider (ISP), Contest website or other
connections, availability or accessibility or miscommunications or
failed computer, satellite, telephone or cable transmissions, lines
or technical failures or difficulties; the incorrect or inaccurate
capture or failure to capture information whether caused by Contest
website users, tampering, hacking, or by any equipment or
programming associated with or utilized in the Contest submission,
or other information; the failure to capture any such information;
or errors of any kind whether human, mechanical, electronic,
network or otherwise arising out of or relating to the Contest,
theft, loss, destruction or damage to the Contest submissions, in
whole or in part, or other factors beyond their reasonable control.
The Released Parties are not responsible for injury or damage to an
entrant's or to any other person's computer related to or resulting
from participating in the Contest or downloading materials from or
use of the Contest website.
CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY YOU TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE SITE OR
UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST IS A VIOLATION OF
APPLICABLE CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAW. SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE,
THE SPONSOR AND THE ADMINISTRATOR RESERVE THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES
FROM ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW AND TO
DISQUALIFY YOU FROM THE CONTEST.
LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY AND RELEASE: BY ENTERING THE CONTEST,
YOU AGREE THAT THE RELEASED PARTIES WILL HAVE NO LIABILITY
WHATSOEVER FOR, AND WILL BE RELEASED AND HELD HARMLESS BY YOU AND
YOUR HEIRS, EXECUTORS, REPRESENTATIVES, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS FOR
ANY CLAIMS, LIABILITIES, OR CAUSES OF ACTION OF ANY KIND OR NATURE
FOR ANY INJURY, LOSS OR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING DIRECT,
INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES TO PERSONS,
INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DISABILITY OR DEATH, AND DAMAGE TO
PROPERTY, DUE IN WHOLE OR IN PART, ARISING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY,
NOW OR IN THE FUTURE FROM THE DELIVERY, ACCEPTANCE, USE OR MISUSE
OF THE PRIZE, ANY AND ALL USE AS PROVIDED HEREIN OF YOUR CONTEST
SUBMISSION, OR PARTICIPATION IN THIS CONTEST AND/OR ANY RELATED
ACTIVITY. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, EVERYTHING ON THE CONTEST
WEBSITE SITE AND EVERYTHING THAT MAY BE DISTRIBUTED IN CONNECTION
WITH THE PRIZE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. SOME JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW THE
LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, IN WHICH
CASE SUCH LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION SHALL APPLY ONLY TO THE EXTENT
PERMITTED BY THE LAW IN THE RELEVANT JURISDICTION.
11) Choice of Law: Subject to all applicable
Canadian federal, provincial and municipal laws and regulations,
these Contest Rules govern all aspects of the Contest and are
binding on all participants. For Quebec residents, any litigation
respecting the conduct and awarding of the prize in this publicity
contest may be submitted to the Régie des alcools, des courses et
des jeux; 1, rue Notre-Dame Est, Montréal (Québec), H2Y 1B6.
12) Privacy Policy: By entering information on
the Contest entry form, entrants consent to the use of such
information by the Sponsor, the Administrator, and the Judging
Organization to administer, implement and fulfill this Contest.
Information collected from entrant will be processed in accordance
with the Rick Hansen Foundation Privacy Policy posted on the
website www.rickhansenrelay.com.